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Carline Thistle

Carlina vulgaris

1,937Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb18
Mar52
Apr110
May174
Jun210
Jul377
Aug483
Sep199
Oct76
Nov36
Dec23

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England138
2Cumbria England94
3Cambridgeshire England69
4Oxfordshire England55
5Kent England54
6Suffolk England49
7North Yorkshire England46
8Sefton England46
9Devon England45
10Pembrokeshire Wales42
11Powys Wales42
12Dorset England39
13Isle of Anglesey Wales38
14Surrey England30
15Rutland England29
1,507 England36 Scotland234 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,937
Peak month
August
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Carlina vulgaris
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,928
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Carlina
Name with authority
Carlina vulgaris L.
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1534804 · GBIF 3105380